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02-07-2013, 01:41 PM
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On Wednesday, Consumer Reports issued a story (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/05/consumer-reports-criticizes-small-turbo-engines-for-mis/) taking umbrage with the auto industry's move toward smaller, turbocharged engines, noting its own testing revealed that many such powerplants fail to deliver their promised fuel economy numbers. The story covered a variety of domestic and foreign automakers, with Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) and Chevrolet (http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/) featuring prominently in the discussion. Hyundai (http://www.autoblog.com/hyundai) was also mentioned for its Sonata Turbo (http://www.autoblog.com/hyundai/sonata/), but the Korean automaker's family sedan came within one observed mile per gallon of its EPA ratings in CR's test, and its normally aspirated 2.4-liter counterpart actually beat its combined EPA ratings, 27 mpg to 26.
Good news for Hyundai, right? The automaker was so pleased with its report card that it sent out a small statement to a handful of news outlets including Autoblog, reading in part:
"We at Hyundai believe that Consumer Reports real-world average fuel economy testing results and EPA combined fuel economy results should correlate, and in fact do correlate nicely for some brands. Among all brands, Hyundai does particularly well in this correlation, with no high-volume brand having a better correlation between EPA combined and Consumer Reports real-world fuel economy."
Garden-variety PR stuff to this point, but here's where the issue gets more complicated (http://motorgen.com/2013/02/07/hyundai-los-angeles-times-and-consumer-reports-in/#continued)...Continue reading Hyundai, Los Angeles Times and Consumer Reports in fuel economy skirmish? (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/07/hyundai-los-angeles-times-and-consumer-reports-in/)
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On Wednesday, Consumer Reports issued a story (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/05/consumer-reports-criticizes-small-turbo-engines-for-mis/) taking umbrage with the auto industry's move toward smaller, turbocharged engines, noting its own testing revealed that many such powerplants fail to deliver their promised fuel economy numbers. The story covered a variety of domestic and foreign automakers, with Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) and Chevrolet (http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/) featuring prominently in the discussion. Hyundai (http://www.autoblog.com/hyundai) was also mentioned for its Sonata Turbo (http://www.autoblog.com/hyundai/sonata/), but the Korean automaker's family sedan came within one observed mile per gallon of its EPA ratings in CR's test, and its normally aspirated 2.4-liter counterpart actually beat its combined EPA ratings, 27 mpg to 26.
Good news for Hyundai, right? The automaker was so pleased with its report card that it sent out a small statement to a handful of news outlets including Autoblog, reading in part:
"We at Hyundai believe that Consumer Reports real-world average fuel economy testing results and EPA combined fuel economy results should correlate, and in fact do correlate nicely for some brands. Among all brands, Hyundai does particularly well in this correlation, with no high-volume brand having a better correlation between EPA combined and Consumer Reports real-world fuel economy."
Garden-variety PR stuff to this point, but here's where the issue gets more complicated (http://motorgen.com/2013/02/07/hyundai-los-angeles-times-and-consumer-reports-in/#continued)...Continue reading Hyundai, Los Angeles Times and Consumer Reports in fuel economy skirmish? (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/07/hyundai-los-angeles-times-and-consumer-reports-in/)
Hyundai, Los Angeles Times and Consumer Reports in fuel economy skirmish? (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/07/hyundai-los-angeles-times-and-consumer-reports-in/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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